The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-19

anybody's reach, and when player Iaaleu q
pressed her astorishmcnt aud disappointment ln
.sOhs" and the unconscious ringing of ner handS-
At the p point hnrs n .ns sufne9 3 her and
somewhat embarrassed eecost ana exlaimeo-
"Oh wish mani Wouidn't hiss: oE
conveyed terrible threat, but IL was not equal,
technically considered. to her running comfnent4
on the game. They wero alf IN the patols o1
base ball and alive with the slang OF the Gay
Her best was an aspirate exclamation when thx
umpire called a strike on a ball that went some
what the strikers head: why doesn't ne
provide step-ladderfs
The sacrifices women make for their husbands
are manifold brit it is doubtful II any wife en-
dured more unpleasant ordeal than Mrs. Grover
Cleveland during her Adirondack trip II the
region could be rid of biting things and It eecent
roads could be made, it would be q blissfui 5our~
ney to go there and abide . while; but the awful
springless carts, the bowldefs sunk in mud they
call ''carrys' which have 80 be trahped, and th<
innumerable insects. make life for woman &
nightmare. The miles OF railway and steamboat
travel that land you at the spot whore you go
into the wilderness are pleasant enough, bur
farewell vain world when you leave them Youf
troubles. like young bears are all before you.
A day perhaps-it depends On whether Paul.
Smiths, the Upper Saranac, Knob lake, or stilt
remotsr points form your destination-must be-
spent IN springless wagons corduroy roads.
Then you take little boats, loaded usually to
the gunwalss with your expensive outfit
You hardly dare. dare g snsezs t Tor fsaa w, g g
up in the sun without q straw 70 ease your back t
till your liver pin hurts you and your spinal coli
You steer your bark into creek ending in 81
muddy bank, where wretched cart and an or
take up your boat. and ron follow meekly be-
hind. Here you begin TO understand what the
beauty of the primeval forest must have beenss
and you only wonder shat Eve didn't constructs
her petticoat of block tin instead Of fg-leavea
petite connected with tho Adirondack mosquito
unknown to the Jersey kind, or the every day
country skeeter He can eat earlier oftener and
Indigenous citizen called the black fly, small and
eager, with a big mouth He takes chunks ouE
of YOU and SITS, s while yGu @ howl IN n:a;r
smiles. There is no known beast so distract~f
ingly unbearaole as the awful black 1y. TheH
most invisible Is this pigmy instrument Of tor<
ture, but dreadful in his ravages. The only
remedy for che mosquito is to live like the mar
in the iron mask. under cage OF bars, ovef
which netting is spread and carefully tied
down upon your Shoulders THO refuge from
the black fly is in tar and oil, compound that
creeps and slips upon your cutieIe. provoking an
unbearabl itching sensation. The only knowns
cure for The midge is found in smoke, and lots Of
several feet apart and sit between them till thef
condition of ham is little worse than your own.
No woman can be happy in this society, and thar
is the sort of thing Mira cleveland had Tor the
days she stayed in the wilderness and baitei
hooks for Grover.
No matter what time you reach the Adiron-
dackR there lie always the one story told to you
There has been much rain that the trout won't
rise or there has been much something else
that the deer are shy, and and, 50 you eat salt pork
and think with grief of your far-Away comfort
able home, and with trepidation of the suffering
that must be endured in retracing your steps.
Hovrh hapd rva
knows who tries the so-calied pursuits OK
pleasure But the most melancholy, heart
rending form of enjoyment is going to the Ad-
irondacks and Mrs Frances Cleveland deserves
great deal Of credit for her martyrdom
The district messenger boys Of New York are
daily becoming sharper and rno-o uIs-asfa
worthy Every precaution has to be taken in
dealing with thsm They consider the persons
who employ them as their peculiar prey. A lady
had the bad luck tc step on her diamond bar pin
and break the fastening. She rang for Ines-
senger, and sat down to write note that the boy
could mail Oh his way to the jeweler. IS she
was directing the envelope the boy entered
s.Take that" sac said, extending the pin. and
never looking up, she finished the superscrip-
tion intending to add ito the jewelers. at tha
corner, and wait for it
But the small tough, not much higher than the
table, broke in before she could finish her sem
tence with. How much do you want to get
on itlr
The astonished lady looked at the little rufiana
in amazement How much do / want to get on
it7' she repeated.
Pound it! Mercy no. Just stepped on 10
and have broken the pin.D
'Thar don't spile the sparkle; guess yer kin
Git twenty cases on it,
"Why, boy, what are you talking aboutr
..Oh come off Der ysr want me to hook IT.
don't yer2 What's ger racket"
The lady called for help. She had heard that
the insane possessed unnatural strength, and
though this young cub didn't weigh ninety. she
couldn't tell what he might do if he was crazy
he talked. It was not until the servant acted
rs interpreter that the hoodlum was made to I'M
derstand that the brooch was to go to = jeweler
to be repaired, instead of pawn-broker's shop;
but the boz explained that most all the ladies
who sent such things by him twas spouters and.
was saisln ,ne %ana on .nea. supe.s sn
fear of his spouse, but lovo Of other pretty
women used messenger boy as the Mercury TO
fly between him and his Venus. For several
months the lad carried notes and presents to tho
lady love- In his leisure moments he looked
up his clients record. and put himself in posses-
he presented himself at the genteman's Office
and asked that astounded Individual what he
thought it was worth to know as much as be did
mild creature compared to that man, but the
boy had him.
impudentlv.
II shall expose you to the company, and pros
ecute you for black tremulously retorted
the old man.
"Oh, no. guess not"
The old broker effected settlement, but how
long will it lastl The lad viii break out him
again to certainty. Any boy who will start
into business as early as that ene is going to live
and keep at It CLARA BELLE.
A Newiy-Married Woman Takes Her Life.
New YoRK, June 18-Mrs Pearl Lacey, q
handsome woman aged twentytw years. who
had been married less that month. shot
herself in her room at No. 43 Washington square,
ne fcek and n ~ n foT fr,.xr~
later at St. Vincent's Hospital. She was the
daughter of q wentodo farmer living near New
ark. o. Having become engaged to marry Ed
ward Lacey, bartender, she came East at hiz
request and met him in Newark, N j., where
they were married on june l. They came to
this city and occupied q furnished room or